{"id":65726,"date":"2024-06-04T18:28:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T18:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/04\/general-election-2024-how-to-watch-tuesdays-debate\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T18:28:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T18:28:15","slug":"general-election-2024-how-to-watch-tuesdays-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/04\/general-election-2024-how-to-watch-tuesdays-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"General election 2024: How to watch Tuesday’s debate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As the UK gets set to go to the polls on 4 July, voters can watch leaders pitch their ideas in a series of televised debates on the BBC and ITV.<\/b><\/p>\n

Later, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer will go head-to-head in the first debate of the general election campaign. <\/p>\n

It is being aired at 21:00 on Tuesday, on ITV1, ITVX and STV and STV Player.<\/p>\n

News presenter Julie Etchingham, who has hosted debates in the previous three elections, in 2015, 2017 and 2019, is moderating the hour-long programme in front of a studio audience in Salford, Greater Manchester.<\/p>\n

And it is followed, at 22:10, by The ITV Election Interviews, a live programme to which leaders of the Liberal Democrats, the Scottish National Party, Reform UK and the Green Party have been invited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tuesday’s debate, on day 14 of the campaign, is the first of several televised discussions involving political leaders and using different formats in the run-up to the vote on 4 July.<\/p>\n

The BBC is hosting a seven-party debate<\/b> in London on Friday.<\/p>\n

BBC broadcaster Mishal Husain will moderate the debate between leading figures from Great Britain’s seven biggest political parties. It will be broadcast from 19:30-21:00.<\/p>\n

There will be further programmes, including:<\/p>\n